Faith Cherotich

{{Short description|Kenyan steeplechase runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Faith Cherotich | image = Faith Cherotich 2023 (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Cherotich in 2023 | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|13 July 2004}} | birth_place = Kericho County, Kenya | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = Kenya | sport = Athletics | event = 3000 metres steeplechase | club = | retired = | pb = {{ubl | '''Outdoor''' | '''1500 m''': 4:11.81 (2022) | '''Mile''': 4:28.97 (2022) | '''5000 m''': 15:03.78 (2024) | '''3000 m sc''': 8:48.71 (2025) }} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{KEN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2025 Tokyo|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Budapest|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Cali|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Bronze|2021 Nairobi|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Competition|World Cross Country Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Bathurst|Junior team}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Bathurst|Junior race}} }}

'''Faith Cherotich''' (born 13 July 2004)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Faith Cherotich – Athlete Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/faith-cherotich-14989893 |website=World Athletics |access-date=2022-11-08}}</ref> is a Kenyan athlete who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

==Career== At the age of 17, she won the bronze medal at the 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships held in Nairobi. Cherotich upgraded her bronze to gold a year later, winning the title at the World U20 Championships in Cali.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Okeyo |first=Denis |date=2021-08-20 |title=World U-20 Championships: Chepkoech and Cherotich bag gold and bronze respectively in 3000m steeplechase |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/athletics/2001421325/world-u-20-championships-chepkoech-and-cherotich-bag-gold-and-bronze-respectively-in-3000m-steeplechase |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cherotich bags steeplechase gold for Kenya in Cali |url=https://www.kbc.co.ke/cherotich-bangs-steeplechase-gold-for-kenya-in-cali/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=KBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-08 |title=Spotlight on Rising Stars: Faith Cherotich and Jaydon Hibbert |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/awards/news/spotlight-rising-stars-faith-cherotich-jaydon-hibbert |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=World Athletics}}</ref> In 2025, she won gold in the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in the 3000m steeplechase.

Cherotich is coached by former Dutch athlete Piet de Peuter and Bernard Rono.

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{{Footer World Champions 3000 m steeplechase Women}} {{Footer World Junior Champions women's steeplechase}} {{Footer IAAF Diamond League 3000 Metres Steeplechase Champions Women}} {{IAAF Rising Star (women)}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cherotich, Faith}} Category:2004 births Category:Living people Category:Kenyan women steeplechase runners Category:World Athletics U20 Championships winners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya Category:21st-century Kenyan sportswomen Category:Diamond League winners Category:World Athletics Championships medalists Category:World Athletics Championships winners Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya